Aimee Shelton
Rachael Pope Garrett Spino
Steven Roman Michael Tweedie
Section on: It's All Down Hill From Here Vocabulary defined-
1. Rododoendron: Any of numerous usually evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Rhododendron of the North Temperate Zone, having clusters of variously colored, often bell-shaped flowers.
2. Pathologically optimistic: Always happy and looking at the positive side of everything.
3. Blazes: A notch carved or hacked into the bark of a tree, this method of marking trails is to help hikers find their way through trails.
4. Logistical:Of or relating to symbolic logic.
5. Furtive:Expressive of hidden motives or purposes. 6. Cascades: A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California.
7. Pensive:Deeply thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness.
8. Cadre: A nucleus of trained personnel around which Themes/adventures- one of the themes is having "good cheer," in other words being optimistic. In the story Jim is always in good cheer never really says or think of bad things.
another theme is to be "pathologically optimistic," Jim tends to be pathologically optimistic. if something bad happends Jim always looks on the brighter side of life. Structure- How the story is told? Did the story follow a sequece of order?-
Personal Connection, Influential people, adventure-
Rachael Pope Garrett Spino
Steven Roman Michael Tweedie
Section on: It's All Down Hill From Here
Vocabulary defined-
1. Rododoendron: Any of numerous usually evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Rhododendron of the North Temperate Zone, having clusters of variously colored, often bell-shaped flowers.
2. Pathologically optimistic: Always happy and looking at the positive side of everything.
3. Blazes: A notch carved or hacked into the bark of a tree, this method of marking trails is to help hikers find their way through trails.
4. Logistical: Of or relating to symbolic logic.
5. Furtive: Expressive of hidden motives or purposes.
6. Cascades: A mountain range in the northwestern United States extending through Washington and Oregon and northern California.
7. Pensive: Deeply thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness.
8. Cadre: A nucleus of trained personnel around which
Themes/adventures-
one of the themes is having "good cheer," in other words being optimistic. In the story Jim is always in good cheer never really says or think of bad things.
another theme is to be "pathologically optimistic," Jim tends to be pathologically optimistic. if something bad happends Jim always looks on the brighter side of life.
Structure- How the story is told? Did the story follow a sequece of order?-
Personal Connection, Influential people, adventure-